A surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired both movies and television and created an American pop culture icon.“My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to—quote—sit on a window sill and get all pensive and stuff and jot down descriptions. Unquote Glicksberg! I don't know what kind of things he writes but I found my inspiration in Malibu with a radio, my best girlfriend...

A surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired movies, television, and created an American pop culture icon."My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to—quote—sit on a window sill and get all pensive and stuff and jot down descriptions. Unquote Glicksberg! I don't know what kind of things he writes but I found my inspiration in Malibu with a radio, my best girlfriends, and ...

Now including an excerpt from VICTORIA: A Novel, by Daisy Goodwin, the Creator/Writer of the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS."Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." --Allison...

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A heart-wrenchingly raw and heartbreakingly romantic story that asks the ultimate question: What would you do if you had to choose?“Beautifully written.”—Entertainment Weekly“Every moment I spent reading Forman’s masterpiece drew me in more.”—NPR**Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. Then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken fro...

Corruption runs deep in the third installment of the Brad Shade thrillers, the series that inspired the hit Global TV show Private Eyes.When Brad Shade arrives in Russia, he knows exactly what to expect. As a former journeyman turned Scouting Director for Los Angeles, Shade is accustomed to delays at the world’s worst airport, run-ins with Vlad Dubinin, once his rival, now his Moscow scout, and the perpetual headache of getting draft picks released from th...

Playmaker, a 36,000-word novella, was previously released as part of the Seduced by the Game Cancer Charity Collection in 2016.Derek Caulton is well-known for his exceptional speed and skill on the ice. His natural ability to read the game and create scoring chances has made him a valuable playmaker for the Baltimore Banners, but his skill off the ice is a little different. Coming from a world of privilege with a devilish charm and fun-loving spirit, responsibility isn't something ...

The best golf writer on the planet returns with his funniest book ever.Dan Jenkins virtually invented the golf novel with Dead Solid Perfect, his rollicking account of the life and times of touring pro Kenny Lee Puckett. After thirty years of waiting for the follow-up, Jenkins returns to the world of big-time golf in The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist and finds a world where endorsements and course fashion matter more than the side bet. His hero...

A story of first love. A gay friends-to-lovers romance between two closeted soccer players.Carlos Garcia’s cocky, arrogant, and he’s entitled to his big ego. He's an International footballer and a multimillionaire. A huge success on and off the pitch, and he’s got it all.Joining a new football club, he wants his teammates to like him, especially the one man who sets his pulse racing.As the quietest guy on the football team, Harry Carter avoids attention. He’s so sca...

Hard work. Determination. Loyalty.Nautica Pepper learned from an early age that nobody can stop her from following her dreams. She’s one of the few women boxers at One Punch Gym and demands that the women fighters get the same amount of attention as the men. With work on her mind, she doesn’t want to notice the hot guy who wants to join the One Punch family.He wants nothing but the best!Javier Cruz already landed himself in a match with Trent McGibbon once before and...

Change is in the air as Will Stover leads the Baltic Bearcats into a new football season. When a new player shows up in town, Will must play the peacemaker between old friends and new. In this, the fourth book of The Will Stover Sports Series, Will and his teammates attempt to balance a run at the state playoffs with turmoil off the field.

A Baltic High team that doesn’t include Will Stover? That’s what hangs in the balance as Will is pulled between joining his teammates on the basketball court and improving his football skills. When letters from college football coaches begin ap- pearing in Will’s mailbox, he struggles with whether to sit out the basketball season. In this, the fifth book in The Will Stover Sports Series, Will fights a battle between self and team.

She swims into the medals and then into oblivion – a sensuous, searing, compact debut from an outstanding British writer.This is a striking, supple and direct debut from an English writer that both promises an exceptionally exciting future and provides an unusual, accomplished and saleable debut. It’s a character piece, charting the life of a girl who becomes besotted with butterflies and swimming on the same holiday when an infant, then grows up to become a world-class swimmer bef...